You might remember beginning every new page of school work with the heading A.M.D.G. recalling that the letters stood for Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam (For the Greater Glory of God).
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living? maybe not!
It’s the feast of Ignatius Loyola today and he has helped me to see that my fears and compulsions often tragically lead me to go through days and weeks as if I’m at least half asleep
the way of freedom
If you sometimes feel driven and trapped by your compulsion and activity you might find this reflection helpful
it’s not magic
There is a tendency to see prayer as an incantation recited in the hope of magically causing a response. But magic is not what we want. It’s relationship with God that we are seeking.
two saints
Jesus certainly doesn’t intend to condemn the attitude of service but rather the breathlessness with which it is sometimes lived.
two great lights
Fifty years on you can’t miss how these astronauts were moved by what they were experiencing, and we can’t help being moved by the same beauty
very near
Last week’s TIME magazine featured the architect Antoni Gaudi and his beautiful basilica of Sagrada Familia. Gaudi was a holy man
fire
Late this afternoon we learned that the former Holy Name Seminary in Christchurch is engulfed in flames.
sleeping alone
While loneliness is a painful reality, it is most often the result of grasping at and attaching to things, projects and people we mistakenly think will bring us happiness
in pairs
The one who fears to be alone will never be anything but lonely, no matter how much they may surround themselves with people
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think again
A young man currently undergoing chemotherapy for cancer. His reflection repeated the word gratitude.
making the choice
If you do this, I guarantee that after a day or two, you will notice a difference in your life that delights you.
Gaudete
The mind and heart is drawn to Christ who desires to remove all our anxiety…all we need to do is to ask.
what a guy
What a guy. A spectacular presence, the talk of the nation and his era. Hardly retiring and shy. Unmistakable. Unmissable.
the way
When we would get to one of these intersections Dad would stop the car and ask “which way?”